[rpiguy]

This is possible… but surely it will be Linux with a walled garden on top.

The first clue will be a version of the Xbox running an OS with this model.

[jsheard]

The console vendors are deathly allergic to GPL code and won't touch it with a ten foot pole, so even if the Xbox does move away from NT there's almost no chance of it moving to Linux. They'd sooner use a BSD like Sony does, or roll a custom kernel like Nintendo did.

[Mic92]

Is not steam exactly doing that and other vendors follow their footsteps?

[JohnFen]

This is pretty much what I expect. Windows will be "Linux" in a similar sense as Android is "Linux". Or BSD, or whatever. It won't necessarily be Linux specifically, but I expect it will be something.